This past Sunday after the morning service we had a barbecue in front of our church building. We bought the meet from the meet shop that’s downstairs. Since they are closed on Sundays, we had to pick it up on Saturday. But we had a good time of fellowship! One of the ladies brought her […]
Charcoal (7/19/2022) Read More »
In case you missed it, here is a link to the letter we sent out about how we will be proceeding with our mission board. Thank you so much for your prayers for wisdom and direction! As we have continued to work and minister here in Nagoya, we have been trying to adjust as needed.
July 2022 Prayer Letter Read More »
Over the past week we were finally able to get parking spaces for our church. Last Sunday a visitor joined us and was able to use one of the parking spaces! This means that 60% of our parking was being used during that service and all of it by people outside of our family. It
Sixty Percent (07/05/2022) Read More »
It seems like we are officially out of rainy season and we are hitting some record heat waves in our area. We are excited that the summer seems to have reached us, it will bring with it many opportunities. Over the weekend, there was a bazaar near the station where we live. It was sad
Fortune (06/28/2022) Read More »
Over this past weekend we released a gospel presentation video in Japanese to our church’s Youtube account. It is captioned in English and in Japanese. If you could go to the video and give it a thumbs up, it would be a simple but tremendously helpful way to get the gospel to Japan! See video
Small Favor (06/21/2022) Read More »
Dear Pastors, Friends, and Faithful Supporters, Over the last several months, we have been praying about a first-floor storefront location near our home to use for our second church location. Because we currently rent a space hourly with low visibility, we were hopeful that the storefront would be a good option. When our realtor looked
June 2022 Prayer Letter Read More »
This past weekend, we had my (James’) parents visiting for a few days. During their visit Rosie and my mom attended a ladies retreat in Gifu Prefecture (state) which is just north of us here. They rendezvoused with Bro. Hill’s wife who came from Niigata (where we previously were) on their way up and seemed
Multi-state (6/7/2022) Read More »
Spiritual warfare is definitely real and this past week we have been feeling it strongly. It seems like the devil had been launching coordinated attacks. Amidst his prowling, as he seeks those whom he may devour, we know our God is greater. One of the ways we’ve seen these attacks unfolding is through the life
Prowling (5/31/2022) Read More »
This past Sunday we had a church fellowship event followed by a “bring our own boxed lunch” fellowship. Many people stayed around after the service to spend time together. It was neat to see the church interacting and enjoying fellowship with one another. Thank you so much for praying for our friend Yuuji who we
First fruits in Nagoya (5/24/2022) Read More »
